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How the group gives its creatives the freedom to spark love-it-hate-it reactions.

Why Scottish Mortgage keeps investing in unlisted companies.

Israel is a nursery for innovative startups, sponsoring growth firms in fields from biofood to cyber security.

What companies get wrong when trying to get the best out of their workers.

Company director Lisa Yamai is changing attitudes by proving a young female leader can boost performance.

President Xi Jinping’s plan to reshape Chinese society means opportunities for innovative little giants.

Having a varied portfolio allows the trust to navigate volatile periods and focus on the long term.

Manufacturing, green tech and services entrepreneurs are enticing investors as they catch up to the US and China.

Companies reinvesting profits to supply outperformance over decades are the market’s unsung heroes.

Companies solving big problems in healthcare, fintech and AI, are proving the UK is an exciting place to invest.

Opportunities in the gloom, radical change, inflation resilience and more from our fund teams.

It’s not about growth or value. It’s about the few companies that drive stock market returns.

A focus on growth and innovation has led to exciting finds such as Tesla and Ocado.

Lindsey Knight and Scott Lothian discuss the new fund and why it brings opportunities for strong, stable returns.

How Orkney’s renewable energy projects can inform our investment choices.

Douglas Brodie discusses investing in small companies, recent performance amid volatility and opportunities.

In volatile times, focusing on the fundamental long-term opportunities of our holdings is key.

Gary Robinson, co-manager of the US Growth Trust, explains why we stay focused on fundamentals in uncertain times.

The Positive Change Team’s impact report, covering our activity and plans for the future.

Jon Henry discusses changes to the portfolio, the impact of inflation and optimism in periods of volatility.

Growth investing means staying with promising firms. Despite recent underperformance, we’ll continue to do so.

Supporting companies with the potential to transform the field of healthcare and generate attractive returns.

The Global Stewardship team on climate change, carbon emissions and sustainable growth companies.

Demand for meat is growing, but traditional production is costly. Could in vitro agriculture be our panacea?

The Positive Change Team’s latest impact report, covering our activity over the last five years and plans for the future.

How Baillie Gifford’s Asia-focused investment trust rode the tiger of growth.

Sweden tops the charts for original thinking, from family businesses to founder-run companies.

Despite new regulations, now may be the best time to pounce and hold select Chinese stocks.

How the 18th-century mathematician lost a fortune to groupthink.

Rosie Rankin, director at Baillie Gifford and Positive Change specialist, discusses the long term progress of the fund, the challenges of 2022 and the attractions of investing for impact.

How does the BG Managed Fund view prospects, ESG and regulation in relation to Emerging Markets?

Lawrence Burns, Deputy Manager, discusses why he believes the Scottish Mortgage portfolio is on the right side of structural change.

Tom Slater, Manager, discusses the current environment, activity in China, and why it is imperative that we stick to our investment philosophy.

In volatile markets, our investment trust managers focus on being on the right side of structural change.

Growth stocks have crashed down to earth. Has growth had its day or will it come back stronger?

Academic partnerships that generate new ideas.

Smartphone-centric retailers drive innovation.

Spotting companies with potential in the renewables, energy storage and carbon reduction sectors.

Baillie Gifford’s Risk Team has been considering how firms can reduce their vulnerability to rising prices.

Why new ideas will continue to spur on wealth and wellbeing.

Disruptive change within the entertainment world creates a wealth of opportunity.

Tyre maker Bridgestone is poised to benefit from next-generation road vehicles.

European Growth Trust manager Stephen Paice dips a digital toe into Slush’ event for hot start-ups.

How the Positive Change Fund backs firms tackling tough social and environmental challenges.

Infinite progress, Isaac Newton’s folly, the Year of the Tiger and more from our fund teams.

If ESG scores are not the answer, how does Global Income Growth Team’s ESG approach measure up?

Lawrence Burns discusses the fintech disrupting Latin America’s banking and retail industries.

For digital learning companies that can balance accessibility and profits, the opportunities are vast.

Pacific Horizon spots investment opportunities in a smartphone-transformed nation.

The Scottish Mortgage Team lays out its approach to governance and the definition of responsible investing.

When times are tough, resilience matters. Tom Slater on why purpose matters to Scottish Mortgage.

How a trust giving investors access to the European market has found grounds for optimism despite volatility.

Drawdowns are inevitable. But it’s how you react to them that matters. Lawrence Burns explains.

There’s an urgent need to cut carbon, but investors must give firms time to develop solutions.

Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC gives an update on the performance of Shin Nippon over the past year and shares the team’s views on the long-term outlook for Japanese smaller companies.

The enduring power of Moore’s Law and other factors that might matter in the next decade of investing.

Understanding the difference between pessimism and possibility in Emerging Markets.

Scottish Mortgage’s departing joint manager James Anderson talks to its deputy Lawrence Burns.

Responsible business practices are fundamental to delivering sustainable long-term growth and addressing global challenges.

Monks seeks profit and resilience from its diversified growth stocks portfolio.

James Anderson credits the great minds who shaped his theories about the evolving world.

Four ways Keystone Positive Change’s holdings can benefit the environment and society.

Solar power and cheap green energy makes for a promising future.

Baillie Gifford’s approach to private companies? As we’ve always invested, for the long term.

Responsible business practices are fundamental to delivering sustainable long-term growth and addressing global challenges.

The Scottish American Investment Company share an update on performance and ESG.

In their Research Agenda for 2022, the investment managers consider the benefits of deep work in helping them find growth opportunities.

Inspirational thinkers, data-driven India and the ecommerce upstart disrupting Latin America.

The smaller companies trust has thrived by seeking out Japan’s disruptive innovators.

Europe’s perceptual shift, virtual communities, workers’ rights and more from our fund teams.

New technologies, plummeting costs and our own changing behaviours all promise progress in the energy transition– just don’t expect it to come in a straight line.

Manager Tom Slater and Deputy Manager Lawrence Burns discuss the evolution of the management team and process, the current environment and the long-term prospects for the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust.

If we are to deliver extraordinary returns, we must be more open-minded than the crowd.

Investing in great growth companies to make a big difference.

One says “growth”. The other says “value”. But that’s not what investors should be focusing on.

The special considerations at play when we invest in high-growth, late-stage unlisted firms.

James Budden on holding your nerve through short-term setbacks and supporting exceptional growth companies.

Good investing takes quick reactions as well as a long-term vision.

Why so many tech founders and CEOs have emerged from the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Toby Ross and Diane Esson reflect on the past three years of the Responsible Global Equity Income Fund.

Lawrence Burns on growth stocks, volatility, and why Moore’s Law remains a positive for innovative companies.

How an international outlook was built in from the start by the investment trust’s founder Robert Fleming.

Kirsty Gibson answers the key questions investors are asking of the Managed Fund’s US champions.

While the investment policy and geographical focus may have shifted over 125 years, key themes link the story of the Edinburgh Worldwide Trust then and now.

Why the forthcoming Health Innovation Impact Strategy should focus minds.

Equity investing in times of catastrophic change.

New opportunities for income investors seeking growth and steady payouts.

Moritz Sitte, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, gives an update on investment philosophy, portfolio activity and positioning, and outlook.

Your pizza delivered by a driverless autonomous vehicle? That’s only the beginning for Nuro.

The firms doing pioneering work to produce renewable energy and eco-friendlier transport.

The Monks Investment Trust’s growth-focused stock picking strategy.

For Global Stewardship, climate opportunities go hand in hand with climate challenges

Changing the world starts with investing in companies addressing global challenges.

ESG experts Marianne Harper Gow, Ed Whitten and Abhi Parajuli talk about the Social aspect of ESG in the context of investing.

Manager Matthew Brett offers six predictions for the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust’s fifth decade.

Racehorse dividends, sand avalanches, blossoming eco efforts and more from our fund teams.

Three lessons learned over the High Yield Bond Fund’s 20 years of debt investing.

Tim Garratt, Michael Pye and Caroline Cook reflect on the investment implications of arguably the most significant meeting of world leaders this millennium, COP 26.

As the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust turns 40, robotics and cosmetics are on its manager’s mind.

Central banks may find it hard to tackle price rises, requiring fine-tuning to fund strategies.

The use of information science to unlock biology is revolutionising our health and wellbeing.

Willingness to change gives Chinese firms an innovation advantage.

How a trust launched to finance the 1900s rubber boom was transformed into a backer of global technological change.

Good investing takes quick reactions as well as a long-term vision.

Inflationary pressures and ESG opportunities are among matters on the fund managers’ minds.

Baillie Gifford signs up to an asset managers initiative as COP26 begins.

Plant-based proteins, hi-tech tractors and vertical farms are set to disrupt agriculture.

Electric cars on the road and flying taxis in the air will change the way people commute and live.

A convergence of technologies is paving the way for advances in our understanding of biology.

Disruptive fintechs are paving the way to a world without physical money.

The under-25s discuss their appetite for social shopping apps and home-grown cosmetics brands.

Companies benefiting from explosive change brought on by the pandemic.

Why using renewables to harvest the gas may be the best way for some industries to reach net zero.

Investment manager Malcolm MacColl and Senior Governance and Sustainability Analyst Kieran Murray outline believed growth drivers and the development of Global Alpha’s ESG process.

Watch the highlights from the recent Global Alpha webinar: Harnessing growth for the next decade.

With a focus on the future of mobility, the speakers discuss the ideas that will shape the way we live and work, and the companies that will drive disruption and innovation.

How the digital natives’ wants and needs create opportunities for forward-thinking Chinese companies.

What a US academic taught us about the companies that outperform.

Women dropping out of employment should weigh on investors’ minds.

Investors can have the most impact by focusing on sustainability laggards, not leaders.

Why emerging markets firms struggle to get high ESG scores.

Evaluating emerging market stocks by taking a mental leap into the future.

Carlota Perez, British-Venezuelan researcher, lecturer and international consultant, presents on the paradigm shifts she observes in historical technological revolutions and what these shifts could mean for the future.

Why loosening control can help companies become more innovative.

Launched in Japan's great economic boom, the trust thrived in the lost decades after the bubble burst.

Distrust of ESG metrics, AI health breakthroughs, comeback king stocks and more from our trusts.

How do we save a planet? Paulina Sliwinska invests in the companies tackling climate change.

Digitising China, lessons from Venice, picking cultural outliers, and more from our fund teams.

sennder’s co-founder explains how its software platform helps truckers carry fuller loads.

Life on Mars might seem far-fetched, but Scottish Mortgage is prepared to embrace the radical thinkers striving to get us there.

The nimblest firms are often those that don’t fight disorder but embrace it, according to Visa founder Dee Hock.

Building long-term value is not about following the pack, but about spotting the companies set to benefit from social change.

A brief summary of Baillie Gifford’s beliefs, purpose and strategy.

In this AGM film, Tom Slater, co-manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, discusses the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic, and looks to the areas where we have seen, and could continue to see, growth opportunities arising.

In this AGM film, Lawrence Burns, deputy manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, explains that success will be determined by the deep underlying structural changes going on in our world, the brilliance of business models, and the vision of their founders, rather than economic cycles, sector rotations and interest rates. He then goes on to discuss the areas where he believes this success could occur.

Tom Slater, co-manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, discusses the areas in which he sees potential for exponential growth. Tom discusses the companies in the portfolio that are helping to facilitate a post-carbon world, revolutionising healthcare, and accelerating the ongoing digitalisation of the economy, making it clear there is no shortage of exciting growth opportunities. Tom then goes on to answer questions from the audience.

Join investment specialist Claire Shaw as she speaks to James Anderson, Tom Slater, and Lawrence Burns in the first-ever investor event with all three Scottish Mortgage managers. With no shortage of exciting growth opportunities, the Scottish Mortgage managers discuss the potential for exponential growth in the future. Join them as they look to companies that are helping to facilitate a post-carbon world, revolutionising healthcare, and accelerating the ongoing digitalisation of the economy.

Historian John Newlands looks back at the origins of the trust and its surprising connections.

Positive Change invests in businesses that can help solve global challenges. But, as Kate Fox explains, the impact that some of the most influential companies have on daily lives is hidden from view.

In our special series on the histories of investment trusts managed by Baillie Gifford, John Newlands looks back at the Edwardian origins of the China-focused trust.

Is our approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues doing more harm than good? Stuart Dunbar, partner at Baillie Gifford, calls for investors to stop counting and start thinking.

We are at the dawn of a golden age of medicine. We will soon have the ability to treat and cure diseases that have long been untreatable and incurable.

The race is on to secure the loyalty of south east Asia’s increasingly prosperous consumers. Ewan Markson-Brown, manager of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, tells us why Singapore’s Sea Limited is in pole position.

Could the messenger RNA vaccines deployed against Covid, help fight cancer and other diseases? After a year of crisis, Julia Angeles, co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s Health Innovation Fund, looks at the positive signs.

In this interview, Investment Specialist Claire Shaw is joined by Tom Slater, Joint Manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC. Shaw sets the scene by describing the trust’s unrelenting pursuit of ambitious, disruptive companies and the importance of Moore’s Law, before going on to ask Slater about which industries he thinks the big winners of the future will come from. Healthcare, transport, transactions and food delivery appear to be the ones to watch.

Banned from travelling during the pandemic, Matthew Brett, manager of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, explains the advantage of perspective.

Online trading platforms have transformed the way we put our money to work. Iain McCombie, joint manager of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund, tells Faith Glasgow how these companies brought financial power to the people.

European companies have quietly built up some of the world’s largest digital platforms for commerce. The next stage will be anything but quiet, Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte, joint managers of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, tell Heather Farmbrough.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

His career spanned big changes in investment – and in the fortunes of Baillie Gifford. Charles Plowden, joint senior partner and manager of Monks Investment Trust, looks at the opportunities ahead.

On the back of humanity's innate ability to innovate, invent and improve, Hamish Maxwell is reminded of why growth investing yields such promise over the long-term.

The logic of long-term investing means that companies harming the planet and its people will ultimately be losers.

In this webinar recording, Rosie Rankin, a specialist on the Positive Change Team, speaks to Kate Fox and Lee Qian, investment managers of the Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust. The managers give a presentation on the details of the trust and some of the companies in which it invests, followed by questions from the attendees.

The aim of the Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust is to deliver attractive investment returns on behalf of shareholders over the long term, and to help shareholders contribute towards a more sustainable world. Investment managers Kate and Lee explain how they hope to do this.

Investment manager Lee Qian learned first-hand the difference growth made to China. He explains how innovative firms can help nurture economic expansion, while creating a more sustainable world.

Lee Qian, Investment Manager in Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Strategy, tells us why we should harness innovation and economic growth to create a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world.

The digital disruption of the high street accelerated during the pandemic. Baillie Gifford’s Moritz Sitte explores the innovative ways in which European retailers are reshaping the future of shopping.

Challenging circumstances function as a litmus test, from which the strongest business models survive, and even, thrive. During 2020 your Strategic Bond Fund has sought to invest in businesses that can do just that.

Milena Mileva, joint manager of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund talks about Games Workshop – a firm with a fanatical following.

Traditions die hard in Japan, but a crisis often sparks accelerated change and innovation. Praveen Kumar, manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon and deputy manager of the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, talks about the upstarts making inroads.

Prevented from criss-crossing the globe in search of exciting young companies, Douglas Brodie, manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, reflects on life under lockdown.

After navigating the treacherous waters of the dividend crisis James Dow, joint manager of SAINTS, says it’s time to look east for income opportunities.

Gary Robinson, Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust joint manager, on how Shopify conquered the web.

How does a company de-age? Jared Anderson thinks about how Japanese companies are changing their working practices to meet modern expectations.

This webinar, moderated by Mark Urquhart, head of our Long Term Global Growth Team, includes an update from the STOPCOVID team based at Edinburgh University. STOPCOVID is a global initiative to harness and progress medical science across sectors to improve treatments and end the pandemic. We hear from Kev Dhaliwal, Professor of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.

The starting point for investing in biotechs is science that is credible, scalable and differentiated. But that on its own does not guarantee a commercially successful business. The Health Innovation Team share their approach to investing in biotech at a time when the pace of innovation is exploding and the possibilities are endless.

Baillie Gifford’s Charles Plowden, manager of the Monks Investment Trust, hails a firm whose ambitions match the vastness of the subcontinent of India.

There’s no such thing as a big European tech platform, or is there? Chris Davies explores the rise of European platform businesses, questioning whether they are coming of age.

Sophie Earnshaw and Roderick Snell, joint managers of the new Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, discuss some of their favourite Chinese firms.

James Anderson, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, looks back on how, amid all the coronavirus disruption, the case for growth stocks strengthened as the crisis unfolded

Gary Robinson, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust, explains why he thinks the major behavioural shifts we’ve seen in recent time are here to stay, and talks about which opportunities in particular he is most excited about.

Everyone wants to make a difference, and capital thoughtfully and responsibly deployed is a powerful mechanism for change. In seeking out companies whose products and services are providing solutions to global challenges, we believe a proactive investment approach can also be the basis of attractive investment returns. Investment Managers Kate Fox and Lee Qian explain why positive change really matters.

Roderick Snell and Sophie Earnshaw, co-managers of the China Growth Trust talk to Alex Blake, Investment Trusts Director, on why we’re excited about China, why we believe Baillie Gifford is the right manager for the trust, and what our investment approach will look like.

We are in an era of great convergence. The Health Innovation strategy seeks to support this era of change by looking out for innovative and pioneering companies that have the potential to bring substantial improvements to human health and healthcare systems.

Charles Plowden explains how long-term stewardship is one of the four golden threads that weaves together to form the Monks investment strategy.

For Full Year 2019, updating on contributions towards a more sustainable and inclusive world.

First to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, the Asia ex Japan region is in robust health and its innovative companies are thriving. Roderick Snell surveys the Asian landscape and argues that Asia is where to look for superior long-term growth.

Technological developments over recent decades mean reality has outpaced the science fiction of his youth since Mark Urquhart joined Baillie Gifford almost 25 years ago. Now, scanning the Covid-19 driven global economy, he sets out his enthusiasm and expectations for the next decade and beyond.

Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Japanese Smaller Companies Fund and Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC, explains how Covid-19 will accelerate changes in the behaviour and working practices of corporate Japan and why this should result in numerous growth opportunities for fast-growing, nimble and disruptive smaller business.

The true meaning of investment has been buried in a flurry of jargon, pseudo-science and fixation on quarterly results. Baillie Gifford partner Stuart Dunbar backs a return to basics.

It’s often listed companies that make the headlines but some of the most exciting investment opportunities are in private firms according to Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust’s Catharine Flood.

We’re living longer, but are we living better? Baillie Gifford’s Health Innovation team is searching for companies whose cutting-edge science and innovative therapies are redefining healthcare. Put simply, healthcare has never looked as good for those seeking more from their investment.

Baillie Gifford’s first company-wide diversity and inclusion magazine about the individuals who make up our firm.

Medical developments are increasingly dependent on technology. Baillie Gifford investors look at some of the more innovative companies and their importance in the current pandemic, as well as considering how the situation we are living through will lay the foundations for a new era in healthcare, underpinned by data.

Are the abrupt changes brought about by the coronavirus (Covid-19) temporary or permanent? Dave Bujnowski considers how a post-coronavirus future may look, and where the biggest changes might be.

In a time of great uncertainty, staying positive is easier said than done. Amidst the personal and professional challenges we all face, it can be hard to remain optimistic. Our experience of investing for Positive Change tells us that optimism is the only way forward.

The disruption caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic extends far beyond the narrow world of investment but, as Catharine Flood explains, within that sphere Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust remains committed to patient investment, focused on the long-term and on companies with the most potential for future growth.

For us, investing in innovation means investing in companies that have a clear understanding of their place in the world of the future. We believe our portfolios contain some of the world’s most innovative and transformative businesses. Find out more about how investors can take a stake in these pioneering companies.

With a pandemic causing dramatic falls in global stock markets, these are anxious times for investors. But as Baillie Gifford partner Scott Nisbet explains in our podcast series Short Briefings on Long Term Thinking, the firm has witnessed similar shocks before.

Investment managers Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva give some examples of companies within the UK portfolio that show exciting growth potential.

Investment managers Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte give some examples of European companies that tick all the boxes and show exciting growth potential.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

Fifty years after Apollo 11, can a fresh wave of innovation in space technology open new frontiers and promising investment opportunities? Investment manager, Luke Ward looks across the gulf of space and gives us his views.

We’re living longer, but are we living better? Baillie Gifford’s Health Innovation team is searching for companies whose cutting-edge science and innovative therapies are redefining healthcare. Put simply, healthcare has never looked as good for those seeking more from their investment.

Investment manager Toby Ross discusses recent investment, Watsco.

Managers Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte on the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc.

The big four incumbents in robotics are gearing up for a challenge. In a reshaping global industry, they are readying themselves for the march of the cobots.

Our support of inquisitive people plays a crucial role in our investment research. Discover more in our academia anthology.

Toby Ross on how we engage on responsible taxation.

Civil society has increasingly questioned and challenged corporate behaviour and activity since the 1960s. This film documents a number of corporate disasters that have caught the public attention over the last 75 years, and have led to some profound changes.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

Investment managers Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva give an update on the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund plc and discuss some examples of companies within the portfolio that show exciting growth potential.

Since 1987, the Managed Fund has exemplified that sometimes the simplest solutions can be very successful. Iain McCombie and Steven Hay explain how the fund can help you solve the puzzle of investing in a complex world.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

The task in hand is to remind our clients what investing actually means. Stuart Dunbar makes a passionate plea for 'actual' managers to demonstrate that we have our clients' best interests at heart.